IU School of Optometry Continuing Education
Anterior Uveitis in the Primary Care Setting

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The following exam consists of 10 multiple choice questions. Click on the circle in front of the correct answer. If you change your mind, clicking on a different circle will erase your first choice and mark your current choice. At the end of this exam is a button which will allow you to submit your answers electronically via the World Wide Web.

  1. Which of the following best describes the signs and symptoms of a chronic uveitis?
    a. White, quiet eye with few cells/flare
    b. Red eye with pain and lacrimation
    c. Decreased VA with circumlimbal flush, miosis, and low IOP
    d. None of the above
  2. Which one of the following is most characteristic of a granulomatous uveitis?
    a. Acute onset
    b. Extreme pain
    c. Mutton fat keratic precipitates
    d. More cells than flare in the anterior chamber response
  3. Which one of the following is most characteristic of a nongranulomatous uveitis?
    a. Acute onset
    b. Mutton fat keratic precipitates
    c. Koeppe nodules
    d. Busacca nodules
  4. Which of the following benefits are derived from using cycloplegic agents to treat patients with iritis?
    a. Decreased pain secondary to paralysis of the ciliary muscle
    b. Decreased cells and flare secondary to decreased vascular permeability
    c. Decreased chance of posterior synechiae secondary to partial mydriasis
    d. All of the above
  5. The most appropriate medication to treat a moderate uveitis is:
    a. Acular (NSAID)
    b. Prednisolone acetate
    c. Cytotoxic agents
    d. Ibuprofen
  6. When would you consider ordering lab tests to rule out systemic disease on a patient with anterior uveitis?
    a. Recurrent anterior uveitis
    b. Children under the age of 15
    c. Granulomatous anterior uveitis
    d. All of the above
  7. Granulomatous disease(s) would be:
    a. Syphilis
    b. Tuberculosis
    c. Sarcoidosis
    d. All of the above
  8. Which of the following conditions would be considered a spondylarthropathy?
    a. Bechet's disease
    b. Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis
    c. Inflammatory bowel disease
    d. Posner Schlossman syndrome
  9. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate blood test to run on a patient if you suspect the condition ankylosing spondylitis?
    a. RPR
    b. HLA-B27
    c. ACE level
    d. HLA-B5
  10. An ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) test would be MOST helpful in diagnosing which disease condition?
    a. Tuberculosis
    b. Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis
    c. Sarcoidosis
    d. Bechet's disease


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